Genus
Valid Extinct

Indosaurus

Huene 1933
Etymology Reptile Indien

Indosaurus is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now India, about 69 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian division of the Late Cretaceous.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Indosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Ceratosauria Suborder
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Abelisauridae Family
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Carnotaurinae Subfamily
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Majungasaurini Tribe
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Indosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇳 India
1
Geological formations
Lameta
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Indosaurus matleyi 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. v. Huene and C. A. Matley. 1933. The Cretaceous Saurischia and Ornithischia of the Central Provinces of India. Palaeontologica Indica (New Series), Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 21(1):1-74
Bibliography (1)
F. v. Huene and C. A. Matley. 1933. The Cretaceous Saurischia and Ornithischia of the Central Provinces of India. Palaeontologica Indica (New Series), Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 21(1):1-74